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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an election to authorize an increase in a school |
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district superintendent's salary. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.416. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR SUPERINTENDENT |
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SALARY INCREASE. (a) The board of trustees of a school district |
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may not increase the salary of the district superintendent unless a |
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majority of the voters in the district voting in an election approve |
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the increase. |
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(b) The board of trustees of a school district that proposes |
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a salary increase for the district superintendent shall order that |
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an appropriate proposition be placed on the ballot at the first |
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regular election of trustees held after the date the board proposes |
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the increase. The proposition must specify the amount of the |
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proposed salary and the proposed percentage increase. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |